RE: touchscreen device recommendations please...

["Christopher Purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have 4 elo touchscreens onto my htpc pc. It has a quad matrox card in
the=
re all running mainlobby. You can run 4 separate ml clients on the pc or
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st clone the matrox and run one client. Plenty of mainlobby users have
take=
n this route.


Cost

4 * Elo Serail Touchscreen ~ =A3200 each from ebay (=A3500 new) - some
come=
with audio also - is you get the usb you will need a usb extender rather t=
han serial (=A350 from maplin)
Matrox quad pci card ~ =A3100 ebay
Serial-2- rj45 * 8 ~ =A35 each cpc
VGA~rj45 baluns ~ 4 * =A380 per pair
PC - free!


HTH
Chris




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> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> From: groups@xxxxxxx
> Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2006 12:19:37 +0100
> Subject: [ukha_d] touchscreen device recommendations please...
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> I=92m getting close to finally having all of my HA systems displayed
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controllable from one interface =96 MainLobby =96 and it=92s working
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well.
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> I=92ve been thinking of how to display/control this and where. So far
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re are three obvious places in my house: AV Room, Kitchen and master
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m, each of which have slightly different needs. I=92ll also be displaying
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he interface in a number of other rooms on a TV through my AV distribution
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system and controlled by simple remote.
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> The AV room is really the main area for this to be used and the
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se=92 for visitors as well as day-to-day use. I will be able to display
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interface on the plasma but thinking about it, the use of a separate touch=
screen device sitting on the coffee table would be the ideal. This means t=
hat valuable and regular data can be shown continuously and the plasma/AV
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istribution doesn=92t need to be switched over, interrupting a TV
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or film.
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> So, I=92m after thoughts/recommendations on a suitable display with
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considerations in mind:
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> *	It=92s GOT to look sexy/aesthetically pleasing/high tech
> *	Be able to sit upright on it=92s own or in a stand
> *	Touch screen control
> *	Not sure whether audio needed =96 possibly but only for HA
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s (I have whole house audio with announcements anyway)
> *	Got to be able to run 24/7 if needed (prob more likely to turn off
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alarm state changes)
> *	Got to be able to go into sleep mode and resume very quickly
> *	Can be a stand alone PC type device or a thin client
> *	Good quality screen
> *	Smallish =96 prob smaller than a traditional tablet PC
> *	Cost well below =A31,000 =96 pref around =A3500
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> Sounds like it=92s maybe a UMPC or thin client =96 but cheap!
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> Any thoughts/ideas/recommendations?
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> Thanks,
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> Paul.
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